Ep. 66: Amazon's Kindle may start a Fire

Release Date 29 Sep, 2011 in CNET

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Amazon Opens Fire Slate Magazine - Will Oremus - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos holds the new Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire on September 28, 2011 in New York City. To just about any criticism of its new Kindle Fire tablet, ...
Amazon Kindles' Disappointment in Europe Wall Street Journal (blog) - Nick Clayton - 29 Sep, 2011 Initial news from Amazon's stateside press conference exceeded expectations everywhere, including Europe. It was widely predicted that the Kindle Fire would undercut Apple's iPad, but the figure that generally bandied around was $250. ...
	Can Amazon 'kindle' the Fire like Apple? Hindustan Times - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the new Kindle Fire at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York. Amazon, the ubiquitous Web retailer, took aim at Apple's white-hot success Wednesday by offering a tablet computer at less ...
Amazon's Kindle Fire: Can it save 7-inch tablets? ZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - 29 Sep, 2011 Summary: If Amazon can make a go of the Kindle Fire perhaps 7-inch tablets will stick around. If not, the 7-inch tablet is toast. In the tablet world, 7-inch screens are tweeners that users have little ...
	Amazon ignites tablet war with Fire, takes on Apple Reuters - Shannon Stapleton - 29 Sep, 2011 Graphics of the new Amazon Kindle tablets are seen at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York, September 28, 2011. By Phil Wahba and Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN. ...
	Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices Reuters India - Miyoung Kim, Anshuman Daga - 29 Sep, 2011 China plans to match the United States and Russia with a long-term manned outpost in space. Slideshow Graphics of the new Amazon Kindle tablets are seen at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York, September 28, 2011. ...
Amazon Kindle Fire Meets Enterprise: Security Advice InformationWeek (blog) - Michael A. Davis - 29 Sep, 2011 How do you secure these devices, and prevent them from accessing the network, without help from your mobile device management system? By Michael A. Davis InformationWeek Amazon announced its new 7-inch tablet this week to much fanfare. ...
	The Amazon-Apple war is on Straits Times (blog) - Grace Chng - 29 Sep, 2011 Go to the Amazon website (www.amazon.com) and a letter from its chief executive Jeff Bezos greets you. It says that it is a company that 'works hard to charge consumers less'. With this message, Mr Bezos launched its attack at the tablet ...
	Boot up: Amazon's amazing Kindle Fire jujitsu, RIM cuts Android hopes, and more The Guardian (blog) - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon's Kindle Fire set to go head-to-head with Apple's iPad. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images "Lost in the 'Is it an iPad Killer?' hype is the audacious introduction of the Silk browser. Under the guise of increasing speed (on WiFi; ...
	Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices Reuters India - Anshuman Daga - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos demonstrates the new Kindle Fire tablet as he speaks at a news conference during the launch of Amazon's new tablets in New York, September 28, 2011. By Miyoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Asian technology companies came under pressure ...
Will you buy Amazon's new tablet, the Kindle Fire? Wall Street Journal - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon.com Inc. unveiled the Kindle Fire tablet computer, the latest�"and possibly biggest�"challenger to Apple Inc.'s dominant iPad. Priced at $199, the Fire tablet has a 7-inch screen and can access Amazon's app store, streaming movies and TV shows, ...
Amazon Kindle Fire vs Apple iPad 2: How do the two compare Economic Times - 29 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc took the wraps off its long-awaited "Kindle Fire", tacking on a mass market-friendly $199 price tag that poses a serious threat to the dominance of Apple Inc's two-year-old iPad. The eagerly anticipated gadget, while lacking ...
Amazon targets the iPad: Ready, aim, Fire eTaiwan News - Peter Svensson - 29 Sep, 2011 AP Amazon is taking on the untouchable iPad with a touch-screen tablet of its own. The company on Wednesday introduced its entry in the rapidly expanding market for handheld computers _ a device called Kindle Fire that connects to the ...
Kindle Fire may force Android tablet makers to cut prices IBNLive.com - 29 Sep, 2011 Seoul: Asian technology companies came under pressure on Thursday to slash prices of their tablet computers after Amazon.com launched its Kindle Fire at a mass market-friendly $199. From Samsung Electronics to Sony Corp, major Asian tablet makers have ...
Amazon unveils $199 Kindle Fire tablet eTaiwan News - Peter Svensson - 29 Sep, 2011 AP AmazonCEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday showed off the Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet computer , challenging Apple's iPad by extending its Kindle brand into the world of full-color, multipurpose devices. Bezos also took the opportunity to ...
Amazon's Kindle Fire takes shot at Apple iPad San Francisco Chronicle - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon.com unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet computer Wednesday, taking aim at Apple's bestselling iPad with a device that's smaller and less than half the price. The Kindle Fire will sell for only $199, compared with $499 for the least expensive iPad. ...
	It's no iPad-killer; but don't underestimate the Kindle Fire ZDNet (blog) - Jason D. O'Grady - 29 Sep, 2011 By Jason D. O'Grady \| September 29, 2011, 12:01am PDT Summary: Guest blogger Bob Snow makes a case for why the Kindle Fire has a solid position in the tablet hierarchy. Don't be quick to write it off, the Fire could squeeze everyone else out of the ...
	Amazon tablet piles pressure on prices Irish Times - 29 Sep, 2011 The Kindle Fire, the seven-inch multimedia tablet unveiled by Amazon yesterday. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters Asian technology companies came under pressure today to slash prices of their tablet computers after Amazon.com launched its Kindle ...
Jeff Gelles: Amazon's four new Kindle versions shaking up the tablet market ... Philadelphia Inquirer - Jeff Gelles - 29 Sep, 2011 Call it the shot heard 'round the high-tech marketplace. In a single salvo Wednesday, Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos, fired directly on the last big bookstore chain standing, Barnes & Noble; hurled a shot across the bow of Apple and ...
	Amazon enters the tablet fray euronews - 29 Sep, 2011 Online retailer Amazon is taking on Apple in the computer tablet market with the introduction of the Kindle Fire. On the old Kindle you could just download and read books but on the Fire model you can watch movies, TV shows, listen to music and access ...
	Can Amazon's new Kindle Fire hold a candle to the iPad? The Hindu - Dominic Rushe - 29 Sep, 2011 Jeff Bezos has been reading The Remains of the Day. A novel of quiet subtlety. Or so the Amazon boss told the audience at a press conference in Manhattan on Wednesday. From his actions, it seems more likely that he has been at the Sun Tzu. ...
Kindle Fire vs Apple iPad 2: 10 things to know Times of India - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon.com Inc has taken the wraps off its long-awaited "Kindle Fire" tacking on a mass market-friendly $199 price tag. Dotcom-entrepreneur and billionaire-CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled to a packed audience the gadget he hopes will wed Amazon's books, ...
Amazon versus Apple: Which tack will be more successful? Economic Times - Robert Cyran - 29 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK: The recent histories of technology giants Amazon and Apple are colliding. The online retailer's cheap new Kindle Fire tablet reflects the company's roots, it's a tool for the sale of content. Apple, by contrast, used music and ...
Kindle Fire will force Android users to choose ZDNet Asia - Eileen Yu - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon positioning own services above Google's, creating compatibility issues for developers building for the Android device and forcing consumers to choose between the two players, ...
	BlackBerry PlayBook on sale at Best Buy for $299 CNET - Brooke Crothers - 29 Sep, 2011 That was fast. Best Buy in the US knocked the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet down to $299, apparently in response to the market-upending price of the Amazon's Kindle Fire. Is RIM feeling the Amazon Kindle Fire heat? The BlackBerry PlayBook went on sale ...
Kindle Fire a credible iPad contender at $199 Detroit Free Press - 29 Sep, 2011 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos introduces the Kindle Fire tablet Wednesday in New York. The Kindle Fire will cost $199 and will be available on Nov. 15. / EMMANUEL DUNAND/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images BY PETER SVENSSON ASSOCIATED PRESS Price: The Kindle ...
Amazon enters tablet battle with Fire and Silk The Seattle Times (blog) - Brier Dudley - 29 Sep, 2011 NEW YORK -- It was widely known that Amazon.com was working on a color, touch-screen version of its popular Kindle, the gadget that established the market for e-readers. But founder Jeff Bezos still surprised the world Wednesday by unveiling the Kindle ...
[headline] San Francisco Chronicle - 29 Sep, 2011 Price: The Kindle Fire, which connects to the Web over Wi-Fi networks, will cost $199 when it begins selling on Nov. 15. The iPad costs $499 to $829, depending on storage capacity and its wireless and 3G capabilities. Screen size: The Kindle Fire's ...
	Amazon Kindle lights Fire under Android, RIM CNET (blog) - Brooke Crothers - 29 Sep, 2011 On a bang-for-the-buck index, the Amazon Kindle Fire rates high compared to similar tablets like the BlackBerry PlayBook that are hundreds of dollars more. The $199 Amazon Kindle Fire is expected to put pricing heat on tablet market. ...